Iiviproveivient in snow-shovels



E. L. MARSH.

Snow-Shnvas.

No.l48,077. Paxemedmarchsmsm,

UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE CHESTER L. MARSH, or SENECA FALLS, NEw YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SNOW-SHOVELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No.148,077, dated March 3,i874; application tiled D` cember 29, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER L. MARSH, of Seneca Falls, Seneca county,New York, have invented an Improved Method of Attaching IronPoints tothe Blade of Snow-Shovels, 85e., of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to furnish a cheap and easily-adjustediron point or tip tol blade with'the point attached. Fig. 3 is asectional end view, showin g the position of the barbed prongs B in theblade, and the positiou of the point when attached, which is eii'eotedby Simply driving the barbed prongs B, as shown in Fig. l, into the endof a shovelblade, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and the attachment iscomplete without the use of rivets or other means of attachment, makinga cheap and eeient point or tip for snow'shove1s,&e.

Now, therefore, what I claim as my invention is The metal tip A,provided with the barbed or notched prongs B for securing it to thewooden shovel-blade H, substantially as Shown and described.

CHESTER L. MARSH. Witnesses GEORGE CoNING, A. F. GoMPsoN.

